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bulldoze (iou) and hypersensitive xiphoid syndrome (medicine)


bulldoze (iou)



bulldoze verb trans. colloq. (orig. US). L19.
[Perh. from BULL noun1 + alt. of DOSE noun.]
Coerce by violence or threats; intimidate, force. (Increasingly infl. by sense 2.) L19.
C. P. Snow She was not going to be bulldozed into a conviction she did not feel.
Clear, level, move, etc., with a bulldozer; force (one's way) thus. M20.
Anthony Huxley This vigorous growth has been bulldozed..to make room for the replanting of coconuts. fig.: B. Castle He and Harold have got the whole government machine with which to bulldoze their views through.

hypersensitive xiphoid syndrome (medicine)


hypersensitive xiphoid syndrome
<syndrome> Abnormal tenderness of the xiphoid, often associated with spontaneous pains in the chest, upper abdomen, and shoulders.